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Wisconsin Voter ID Undermined by Ethics Violation

Wed, 06/27/2012 - 6:55pm — Amelia

Defenders of Wisconsin’s Act 23 (aka AB 7), a voter ID law sponsored by ALECaffiliated legislators and signed by ALECalum Scott Walker, were dealt a blow last week when State Representatives Robin Vos and Bob Ziegelbauer were forced to end their attempt to intervene in court on behalf of the law. The Government Accountability Board determined that they received legal services in a manner inconsistent with the state ethics code.

Representatives Vos, himself an ALECState Chair, and Ziegelbauer previously refused to state where they received political funds to cover their legal fees, but yesterday a Republican National Committee spokesperson revealed that the RNC was footing the bill.

The RNC involvement in this state lawsuit clearly reveals a strategy to use Wisconsin state legislators as pawns to advance legislation to suppress voting and gain partisan advantage in this battleground state.